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Egypt: Owner of belly dancing TV station arrested
May 18, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a license, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a... more »»
Judge delays Mladic trial due to evidence errors
May 18, 2012 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An apparent clerical error prompted judges to postpone the long-awaited war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Thursday, possibly for... more »»
Syrian opposition head offers to resign
May 18, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revolution, including accusations that the movement i... more »»
US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran
May 18, 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. more »»
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
May 18, 2012 HAVANA (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. more »»
S.Africa's ANC fumes over art ridiculing president
May 18, 2012 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation's best-known artists that ridicules the party and th... more »»
Flood of Nuba refugees hits camp near Sudan border
May 18, 2012 YIDA, South Sudan (AP) — First they ate leaves. Then they ate roots, soaked for five days and boiled until they were just edible. Now many have eaten the planting seed — and their future with it. more »»
Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June
May 17, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership... more »»
Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
May 17, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent... more »»
Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic's genocide trial
May 17, 2012 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — He's no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. more »»
Charles Taylor: Sorry for those hurt by war crimes
May 17, 2012 LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor said during his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he sympathizes with victims of the civil war in... more »»
Military hopes for 'great leader' from Egypt vote
May 17, 2012 CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military ruler said Wednesday he hopes that a "great leader" will emerge from the country's upcoming presidential election, and said it will be a free and fair vote that will... more »»
Yemeni army kills 29 al-Qaida fighters
May 17, 2012 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Government troops and warplanes pounded al-Qaida positions in southern Yemen on Wednesday, killing at least 29 militants as part of a ramped up campaign against the group,... more »»
Police move against new protest in Moscow
May 17, 2012 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police arrested about 20 protesters on Wednesday night at a central Moscow square where demonstrators had moved after police uprooted them from a camp, the latest move in a... more »»
Clashes in western Libyan town leave 6 dead
May 17, 2012 BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Clashes in a western Libyan city left six dead and at least 20 injured on Wednesday, a government spokesman said. more »»
Ex-tabloid boss Brooks faces phone hacking charges
May 16, 2012 LONDON (AP) — One of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged with conspiring to hide evidence of phone hacking, bringing the scandal that has raged across... more »»
Legion admits it knew of priest's kid, did nothing
May 16, 2012 VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a pedophile, admitted Wednesday that it knew that its most famous priest had... more »»
UN observers caught up in Syrian violence
May 16, 2012 BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. more »»
US helps Yemen in offensive on al-Qaida in south
May 16, 2012 SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.. more »»
Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies
May 16, 2012 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City... more »»
'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash
May 16, 2012 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a new Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano, an... more »» |
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